428 xLA'iir. LKGi'Miyos-f:. 



od. 2, p. 144 ; Woodr. in Joiirii. liomb. Nat. v. 1 1 (1808) p. 427 ; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. G82. — riowers : Mar.-May. Veun. Jrcqni. 



KoNKAN : S. Konkan, Terv rare, Lahell ^- Gibson, Ximmo e.v Graham. Kanaba : 

 forests of N. Kanara, Talbot, JVoodn/w. Talbot says {I. c.) that the characteristic 

 fruit is carried down tlie K;'ilfi naddi during tlie rainy season and tlirown up on the 

 seasliorc near Karwar. — Distkib. India (\V. Peninsuhi, tlie Sundcrbiins and Jiirnui) ; 

 JIalaya. 



67. HARDW^ICKIA, Koxb. 



Unarmed trees. Leaves abruptly-pinnate. Leaflets 1-3 pairs, 

 coriaceous. Flowers ninnerous, small, in panicled racemes. Calyx 

 vith scarcely any tube and a subbasal disk; segments usually 5, oblong 

 or snborbicular, petaloid, subeqiial, imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens 10, 

 the alternate ones slightly shorter ; anthers dehiscing longitudinally. 

 Ovary sessile, free ; ovules 2. Pod subindehisceiit, dry, with only the 

 upper seed perfect. Seeds exalbuminous. — Distkib. Species 3. of 

 which 2 are Asiatic, the other African. 



1. Hardwickia binata, llo.vb. Cor. Pi. v. 3 (1819) p. 6, t. 20i). 

 A tree 50-00 ft. higii ; branches numerous, spreading. Leaves alter- 

 nate ; rhachis tipped with a minute deciduous bristle ; petioles |-1 in. 

 long, glabrous ; stipules small, caducous. Leaflets 1 pair, like those 

 of Bauhinia, subsessile, 1-3 by ^s-H in., obtuse, 3-G-nerved from the 

 base, tinged with red when young, glabrous. Flowers in axillary and 

 t(rininal panicles; pedicels filiform. Calyx i-4- in. long; segments 

 oblong, obtuse, membranous, veined, often dotted. Stamens usually 10 ; 

 iilaments very slender. Stigma peltate. Pods 2-3 by |-fj in., strap- 

 shaped, veined, glabrous, narrowed at both ends, thin, flexible, opening 

 iit the apex. Seed 1, near the tip of the pod. Fl. B. I. v. 2, p. 270 ; 

 /irah. Cat. p. 61 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 83 ; Bedd. Flor. Sylvat. t. 26 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 145 ; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) 

 p. 427; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 2o0.— Flowers : Oct.-Jan. 

 Vebn. An Jan. 



Deccan : Lalling Pass between Mallignon and Dliulia (Khandesh), Grahmn, 

 Dalzell ^' Gibson, Woodroto ; common on tiie trap of the S;itpudas in Khandesli, 

 Talbot. 8. M. Country : Eanebenuur tahika of Dharwar, locally abundant, Talbot. — 

 ]^iSTRin. India (Eeliar, N.W. Provinces, \V. Peninsula). 



The leaves are given as fodder to cattle, wlio eat them greedily. Tlie wood is 

 extremely durable and makes excellent piles I'oi- bridge-foundations. See Watt, 

 l)ict. Econ. Prod. 1. c. 



68. SARACA, Linn. 



Erect trees. Leaves abruptly pinnate ; stipules large, intrapetiolar, 

 completely united, or rarely foliaceous and jiartially free. Leaflets 

 usually of few pairs, coriaceous. Flowers in dense sessile paniculate 

 (rarely simple) corymbs on old nodes, or rarely axillary; bracts small, 

 deciduous ; bracteoles persistent, colored, shorter than the tube of the 

 calyx. Calyx petaloid ; tube elongate, cyliudric, crowned by a lobed 

 disk ; segments 4, oblong, subequal, imbricate. Petals 0. Stamens 2-9, 

 free, exserted ; filaments long, filiform ; anthers oblong, versatile, 

 dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary stalked, the stalk attached to and 

 produced beyoiid the disk ; ovules many ; style filiform ; stigma minute, 

 capitate. Pod flat, dehiscent, rigidly coriaceous. Seeds exalbuminous. — 

 DiSTKiB. S.Pi. Asia ; species K! or mor(\ 



